I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

Lu Yuan stood at the top of the Tower of Learning, the cold wind and rain hitting him in the face.

The moment it advanced, the forbidden pressure that had merged together came crashing down from all directions.

The pressure was extremely heavy, several times heavier than when he faced the Crown of Kings in the rift of the Sea of ​​Knowledge. It caused the entire structure of the Tower of Learning to creak and crack, and even several new cracks appeared under his feet.

However, Lu Yuan's body only swayed slightly.

Deep within his body, three barriers of reason lit up simultaneously. The oppressive force landed on the outer layer of the barriers, but was forcibly dispelled by an unseen power.

Clearly, as Lu Yuan's rationality improved, the protection provided by the rationality barrier also increased significantly.

The barrier of reason, which had been in a state of disarray, was finally restored along with reason as it was fully restored this time.

The increasingly intense sense of forbidden oppression emanating from the Crown of Kings would have been enough to make Lu Yuan dizzy before, but now he only felt a brief tightness in his chest before feeling nothing more.

Lu Yuan looked down at his hands, which still felt faintly weak—a lingering effect of having his reason drained when he pushed open the doors of the Hall of Knowledge.

But he could clearly feel that 140 points of rationality were pressing down deep within his body.

His condition has reached an unprecedented peak with the advancement, and even his five senses have become more sensitive than one level.

He could clearly hear the faint sound of raindrops splashing on flesh in the distance, and the low hum of the inscriptions breaking in the stone walls of the tower.

Lu Yuan could also sense the rhythmic movement of the seawater formed by the countless characters in the sea of ​​knowledge above him.

The enhancement brought by a third-tier scholar is not only in terms of ability, but also a comprehensive strengthening of his physical fitness.

At this moment, the connection between Lu Yuan's left eye and the authority floating in front of him was faintly burning.

The inscription on the scepter rotated continuously, radiating an unprecedented sense of intimacy. Lu Yuan focused his mind slightly and immediately sensed the change in his relationship with the scepter.

Previously, his connection with authority was like an adult taking care of a child. He would make some demands, pay some prices, and release some power. However, each time he mobilized it, he had to expend a lot of energy to figure it out, and the effect was not particularly strong.

However, that barrier has now disappeared, just as his relationship with authority has turned into cooperation.

The authority was still the same authority, its teardrop shape unchanged, but its response to Lu Yuan was much faster.

With a slight thought, Lu Yuan caused the inscription on the authority to rotate.

This feeling wasn't quite one of complete control, but rather more of a sense of recognition, an authority that allowed him to mobilize more power.

Perhaps he will not be able to truly grasp the power of the Sea of ​​Knowledge until the next advancement, but for now, this step is enough for Lu Yuan to do many things.

At the same time, the sensation coming from his left leg made Lu Yuan frown slightly.

Auden, the forbidden scholar who had followed him out, had already fainted.

The senior who had just entered the body of the drowning creature and was overjoyed for only a few breaths was knocked unconscious by the oppressive aura emanating from the forbidden creature, which made Lu Yuan question his strength.

Fortunately, he was still breathing and did not suffer more serious injuries.

An old fellow who had spent hundreds or thousands of years in the temple of knowledge fainted from fright just a few breaths after coming out.

"Ugh, he's really unreliable." Lu Yuan mentally concluded about Auden.

He then turned his attention to the perimeter of the Tower of Learning.

Outside the Tower of Learning, swarms of insects of knowledge still hovered in the sky.

The insects were much larger and fatter than before, and the colorful light on their bodies gathered and dispersed, creating a colorful light curtain around the Tower of Learning, which helped to block the dark red flesh and blood that was spreading towards the main tower of the Tower of Learning from the gray and white fog.

However, many of the Knowledge Insects were also injured. Their bodies had a strange appearance, as if they had suffered a serious injury. The colorful light on their bodies appeared very dim, and the colors were no longer uniform. Their flight was unsteady.

Clearly, during this period, the worm of knowledge did eat something, but at the same time it was also subjected to the oppression of flesh and blood.

It's already quite remarkable that they've managed to hold on until now.

However, Lu Yuan felt a sense of relief; he finally felt in control of the situation.

He raised his head and looked directly in front of the Tower of Learning.

That enormous thing, which almost covered half the sky, was hanging above the inner city.

The Starry Sky Flesh and the Crown of Kings were completely fused together. Dark red flesh wrapped around the crown, which was made of flesh, and thick veins and plant-root-like things extended from the inside of the Starry Sky Flesh and pierced into the gaps in the crown.

Flesh and blood were connected to the crown, with sticky flesh and liquid constantly seeping from the junction. Black and white light spilled out from the torn gaps, making the surrounding void appear distorted and deformed.

The Crown of Kings continues to grow, and with each expansion, new cracks appear on the Tower of Learning.

Clearly, the gray-white fog on the wall could no longer block out the person, and the entire inner city was shrouded in its shadow.

Lu Yuan quickly scanned the Crown of Kings.

At this moment, the Crown of Kings had not yet been completely swallowed up. The crown still retained the last remaining golden patterns, and although the six eyes covered by pollution were murky in color, they still functioned as before.

The dark red flesh completely enveloped the crown, but it did not assimilate it; the Crown of Kings remained the Crown of Kings.

Of course, the most crucial part is the eyeball in the middle.

The eyeball that had previously remained pure was now being rapidly covered by flesh and blood, being assimilated at a visible speed. The pure luster on its surface was fading away little by little, and dark red inscriptions were densely penetrating into the center of the gem.

It can't hold on for much longer.

Without any hesitation, Lu Yuan made his judgment immediately.

At this moment, he also learned the true name of the Crown of Kings.

You must understand that once that last eyeball is completely assimilated by flesh and blood, and the Crown of Kings truly merges with this starry flesh and blood, it may no longer be the Crown of Kings.

Its identity will disappear into this newly formed object, becoming a nameless, forbidden existence.

By then, the vast ocean of knowledge will be too much for it to grasp. This is the last chance.

Lu Yuan made a decision without any hesitation.

He activated the power connection deep within his left eye.

The teardrop-shaped inscriptions hung high in the sky, and suddenly lit up. One by one, the ancient characters lit up on the top of the Tower of Learning. Patches of colorful characters emerged from the power and spread outwards along the teardrop-shaped key, turning the area within a few steps around Lu Yuan into a colorful world.

At the same time, the Sea of ​​Knowledge in the sky seemed to resonate as well. The cracks in the Sea of ​​Knowledge, which had been somewhat dim, burst forth with power again, and the words that emerged gradually brightened from their original dimness.

At the top of the Tower of Learning, within the enormous head standing behind Lu Yuan, the consciousness of the person hidden within the wall trembled violently.

That was actually the aura of the power he had always dreamed of. It was something he had always been unable to reach, yet now, on a frail human, the person on the wall could smell its scent.

The man on the wall, his mangled face twisting suddenly in the gray mist, the faint light deep in his pupils flashing violently.

He understood what that meant. This person was no longer human, because the moment he stepped into the Sea of ​​Knowledge and grasped a portion of its power, he had already entered the ranks of the half-forbidden.

But on what grounds?

The person on the wall stared at Lu Yuan's back for a long time.

The gray fog churned before him, but in the end he did nothing.

That gaze simply hovered there silently, heavy with apprehension and calculation.

He eventually retreated back into the skull, withdrew his gaze, and concealed his not-so-weak face once more, no longer revealing it.

At the very moment Lu Yuan fully embraced power, the battlefield outside the Tower of Learning underwent a dramatic change.

The knowledge insects that had been barely maintaining the front line suddenly had their dim light burst forth several times over in an instant, and at the same time, the speed at which they flew and flipped suddenly increased.

The wounds on those originally crooked and even somewhat injured Knowledge Insects began to heal amidst the dazzling light, and their original colorful luster returned.

The entire swarm of Knowledge Worms suddenly recovered from their previous arduous resistance, and around the Tower of Learning, at the forefront of the Sea of ​​Blood, they forcefully drew a colorful arc of light.

Wherever the light passed, the flesh that spread over was instantly devoured, leaving only a hard shell.

At the same time, the rift in the sea of ​​knowledge suspended high in the sky also began to stir.

As if summoned, a large number of newly born knowledge insects surged out from the depths of the sea of ​​knowledge, densely packed through the widening opening, and joined the outer battlefield of the Tower of Learning.

The newly arrived Knowledge Insects are larger, and their radiance is more intense. Colorful light spots drift around the perimeter of the Tower of Knowledge, forming a dreamlike barrier.

Lu Yuan's knowledge insects also reacted in the same way at this moment.

Its body became increasingly solid, and the light emanating from it, in addition to its original colors, also revealed a color that Lu Yuan couldn't quite describe.

Through the symbiotic connection, Lu Yuan could feel the joy conveyed by the Knowledge Insect.

However, Lu Yuan was no longer distracted by these changes; his consciousness was completely connected to the power before him.

The teardrop-shaped authority spun continuously in the darkness at the top of the Tower of Learning, and the ancient characters lit up one after another, carrying his perception deep into the rift of the sea of ​​knowledge.